Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-30
THE NEW DEPARTMENT BUILDING
How the Bureaus Of the War DeDart.
ment are to be ACcOmnl Odated.

An unpleasant duty, to which the Secretary Of
War will be required to give his attention at an
early date, is the apportionment OF the rooms Of
the new wings Of the State, Wa, and Navy Depart
ment Building among the bureaus of the Depart
ment now occupying rented buildings 1t will be
faction 70 all Interested it is generally supposed
that the accommodations will be in
sutiicient for the army Of clerks
sne new 1udns COL whS has sa% eharre
Of the construction of the new wings has all along
promised that they should be ready for occupancy
by the first OF January, and 1t Is now said that
everything Will be tn readiness by that date The
law requires that the outlying bureaus shall take
possession before the FIRST OF March, so that as
soon as the pressure Of business incident to the
opening OF Congress is of the Secretary's hands
he will dispose OF the question OF distribution
Service, and such portion OF the Surgeont;enefais
ONCE as can be accommodated in the Medical Mu-
scum NJ building , are required to be- transferred
supposed among the clerks will occasion great
Overcrowding, and each Office is the Qul vive to
secure the % most liberal , treatment possible It is
BILE In the new wings than Is supposed, and that
Congress was well informed upon the situation
bureaus The SPACE in be ene new Wings Is
much more available than that in the rented
buildings now occupied, and It is claimed that
rooms that can be occupied by clerks in
the new building the space is equal
10 tnaC OF all the rented buildings now occupied,
and arranged with a view to the purposes re-
quired, that the ground space for desk room is
really from 25 TO 33 per cent more available foot
While the expected overcrowding can therefore be
avoided 1t cannot be expected that dissatisfaction
and complaint will follow no matter on what plan
the distribution Of rooms is followed. 1t is said
there Is almost as much jealousy among Depart
ment bureaus as in church choirS
It IL known that the Secretary OF War Is de-
NrOus OF having the bureau chiefs with whom he
near his ONCE, which will be in the center OF the
west wing. Beyond this nothing has been decided
The appropriation for furnishing the new wings is
only $4,000, and the law making 1t requires that
all furniture at present scattered Throughout
rented buildings shall continue tobe used as far as
practicable In the new wings. This provision Is q
very objectionable one TO the clerks VINO viii be
compelled TO work at old-fashioned, Ickety desks
and tables In which reaches, auts, and mice have
ran riot for many years, instead OF being supplied
wings Of the building.
issued marriage licenses to Robert FontrOy and
Sarah Washington; Joseph Burren and Emma
Mann, Of warsenton, Va Jeremiah McAuhrre, Of
and Elizabeth Pruden, both Of cod Water, Mich. !;
EDWARD 9. Miles. OF Somerset County, Nd, and
susan T. Skinner, Of Baltimore; f. Espy and Mary
Z. Harman; John a: Parsons, Of Salisbury, Md. !;
d. Frey and Sallie 3. Kelcher; Jonas A. Eaton, Of
Richmond, Va, and Esther j. Broughler, OF In
dianapohs, Ind; Douglas Robertson and Matilda
Hs STOLE cIocK.-The fancy clock which God
neY Carter colored. was arrested for trying 70 dis
irom the store OF Wilmarth L. Edmopston ON Penn
1ylvaniA avenue. Carter was taken TO the Police
court to-csE tired Ior the larceny, and given $50
stealing music box nom the store Of G. Nerry.
and sentsucs was suspsnded